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4. FINALLY, AFTER REFERRING TO PREVIOUS RESETTLEMENT EFFORTS AND RECENT OFFERS, POLITICAL ADVISER APPEALED FOR A MUCH GREATER EFFORT TO MOVE PEOPLE ON RAPIDLY FROM HONG KONG.
5. THOSE ATTENDING THE MEETING WERE GIVEN A PIECE OF PAPER WITH
DETAILS OF RESETTLEMENT DESTINATIONS TO DATE, THE TEXT WAS AS IN
MIFT. THE EMPHASIS ON THE ''CLARA MAERSK'' IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DID RESPOND TO THE LAST CASE (1975) OF A MAJOR SHIPLOAD OF REFUGEES ARRIVING IN HONG KONG. IT IS WORTH NOTING HOWEVER THAT IT WAS NOT UNTIL OCTOBER 1978, THREE AND A HALF YEARS AFTER THEIR ARRIVAL, THAT THE LAST OF THE CLARA MAERSK
REFUGEES WERE RE-SETTLED.
FCO PASS SAVING HANOI.
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